Husband and I went to Atlanta, GA last week so I could attend the International Reading Association's annual convention. We came prepared with a list of tasty places to eat. Unfortunately, I forgot to take pictures of most of it... but trust me, it was all good.

Here is the breakfast I enjoyed at The Flying Biscuit:

Fried Green Tomatoes with Jalapeno Cashew Relish and Goat Cheese:

Scrambled eggs, turkey sausage, grits, and a "flying biscuit" served with cranberry orange butter:

Oatmeal pancakes with peach compote:

I'm awful with remembering my camera when I go to new restaurants... so I apologize for the partially-consumed meals :)

Anyway, I'm avoiding studying for my last final and feeling exhausted today, so I might as well relay a few stories I've been promising.

A few weeks ago, Austin and I went to sushi in Sparks. We like this place called Sushi Time because they have really interesting rolls and a good atmosphere. Every place has its own twist, of course, but this place has things like lemon drops and calamari salad and other such things I haven't seen. Delicious. This particular time, we came in for the all-you-can eat lunch special. (Actually, that's pretty much every time in this town.) After looking at the menu and pointing out a few rolls to each other, this conversation happened.

"We should get their two spiciest rolls to start with."
"Haha, yeah. Let's kill it before we even get started."

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We left to contemplate our error and visit Austin's dad in the rehabilitation center with much indigestion. Last weekend when we went to sushi again, we didn't order anything spicy except the red snapper at the very end, which just had a little dot of rooster sauce on top.

The kids love it. The store called it a 'fancy' goldfish.

Avocado, tomato, cucumber, spring onion, cedar nuts, black pepper, soy sauce, sesam oil. This salad could be used as a sauce for any fish or meat, it's very juicy.

I've found another one...

( This time Chubbins visits Thermopolis, Wyoming! )

Something other than an ancient tobacco ad for you tomorrow morning...

b

Full of vitamines: tomato, basil, olive, feta, lemon, olive oil with garlic, cedar nuts, zathor.

Hiho,



Cu,
Andrew

Roasted quail stuffed with sauteed mushrooms, shallots, garlic, a little sherry; grilled asparagus drizzled with a bourbon and brown sugar glaze (color me embarrassed for not catching the accidental dribble on the plate)

With an insane 100ºF temperature, I've found an excuse to whip out the ice cream maker and make this:

Heads up to those in or near Atlanta: this week and next week, the Buckhead Life restaurants are doing $29 three-course prix-fixe menus.

http://www.buckheadrestaurants.com/restaurantweek.html

Mmmmm cheesecake! Could there be another dessert item quite as delicious? Well probably, but this was particularly good :)

It's been awhile since I updated my foodblog but I'm glad to finally be getting back in the game and opening up with this lovely creation. It was incredibly scrumptious!

Fresh water chestnuts are back in the Asian markets, and I have a recipe that uses their sweet crispness to best advantage.

If you cannot find fresh water chestnuts for this, use jicama instead--but the canned ones just won't taste as good. If you cannot get either fresh water chestnuts or jicama, use carrots instead, and just drop the water chestnuts from the name. It will still taste good, just not as good.

This recipe uses cilantro, garlic, ginger, scallion, chilies and Sichuan peppercorns as the main flavorings, and this brings a great balance to the sweetness of fresh water chestnuts, and it gives a great fresh green color and flavor, too. Baby bok choy adds to the green flavor as well, making this a perfect spring stir fry.

For recipe, instructions on how to deal with fresh water chestnuts and photos, click here.

Dear CNN.com,

You're doing it wrong.

Love,

b

I'm not near my computer--where I have it saved--so if somebody can hook me up with that flashing-hypno-spider image I'll give them this in exchange:

 

What self-respecting gangsta WOULDN'T want this white Spider-Man hoodie thing?